Calicut, India. Aryabhatta Hall, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, NIT Campus P.O, Chathamangalam, Calicut, India, Pincode : 673601. Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate to control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.

Minneapolis, MN. Willey 175, on the Minneapolis West Bank campus, University of Minnesota, 225 19th Avenue S. Map at http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/WilleyH/index.html. Parking at Lot 86, 19th Ave Ramp (http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/19Ramp/), or 21st Ave Ramp
(http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/21Ramp/). The general page on Parking at the University is http://www1.umn.edu/pts/parking.htm. Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate to control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms. This talk is free and open to the public and will accessible to all audiences.

Genoa, Italy. Department of Computer and Information Science, DISI, Via Dodecaneso, 35. http://www.disi.unige.it/index.php?dipartimento/where
Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed
to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing
press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer
networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying
for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers,
while suppressing public access to technology. But if we
seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of
copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the
public--then we must make changes in the other direction. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.

Brescia, Italy. Presso l'Accademi Adi Belle Arti, via D. Vender (+39 030 380894). Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the public--then we must make changes in the other direction.

Chicago, IL. Finnigan Auditorium, 144 Damen Hall, Lake Shore Campus,6430 N. Kenmore Ave., Loyola University - Chicago. Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be part of Loyola University's Science Week and of the Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series. It will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.